China's ghost cities

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Picard
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China's ghost cities

Post by Picard » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:06 pm


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Mr. Oragahn
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Re: China's ghost cities

Post by Mr. Oragahn » Tue Mar 06, 2012 2:24 pm

Yet they're building that multi-million megalopolis ex nihilo.

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Re: China's ghost cities

Post by Mith » Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:26 pm

Somehow, a site called Chinesecrash doesn't strike me as a very objective site. Also, I think I've heard something like this before. They're typically exaggerated, at least from my understanding and it's apparently dirt cheap to maintain the area for when you are able to sell the apartments.

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Re: China's ghost cities

Post by Cocytus » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:10 pm

Here's something neat:

Shanghai, 1990-2010

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